Alert archive / Alabama / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Mobile, AL
NWS Mobile, AL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 7, 2017, 4:44 PM CST for Baldwin County, Alabama. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2017, 4:44 PM CST (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2017, 5:19 PM CST
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Mobile, AL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Baldwin County, AL
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 889 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted.
939
WUUS54 KMOB 072244
SVRMOB
ALC003-072330-
/O.NEW.KMOB.SV.W.0086.170207T2244Z-170207T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Mobile AL
444 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
The National Weather Service in Mobile has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Baldwin County in southwestern Alabama...
* Until 530 PM CST
* At 443 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southwest
of Bon Secour, or 8 miles west of Gulf Shores, moving east at 45
mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Pensacola, Gulf Shores, Foley, Orange Beach and Bon Secour.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
LAT...LON 3022 8798 3036 8794 3032 8744 3032 8746
3031 8744 3030 8745 3029 8749 3030 8741
3031 8742 3031 8740 3032 8738 3030 8716
3023 8717 3022 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 275DEG 38KT 3023 8784
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$2 follow-up statements
504
WWUS54 KMOB 072311
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
511 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
ALC003-072330-
/O.CON.KMOB.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-170207T2330Z/
Baldwin AL-
511 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM CST
FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY...
At 510 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Orange Beach,
moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Pensacola.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
LAT...LON 3022 8762 3033 8753 3032 8745 3032 8750
3031 8744 3030 8745 3029 8749 3030 8741
3031 8742 3032 8737 3032 8735 3031 8736
3030 8716 3023 8717 3022 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 273DEG 47KT 3022 8752
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$393
WWUS54 KMOB 072319
SVSMOB
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Mobile AL
519 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
ALC003-072329-
/O.CAN.KMOB.SV.W.0086.000000T0000Z-170207T2330Z/
Baldwin AL-
519 PM CST TUE FEB 7 2017
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning has
been cancelled.
A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CST for southwestern
Alabama...and northwestern Florida.
LAT...LON 3022 8762 3033 8753 3032 8745 3032 8750
3031 8744 3030 8745 3029 8749 3030 8741
3031 8742 3032 8737 3032 8735 3031 8736
3030 8716 3023 8717 3022 8720
TIME...MOT...LOC 2317Z 275DEG 38KT 3021 8741
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 7, 5:58 AM CST | Rip Current Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 42 hr |
| Feb 7, 10:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Choctaw, Washington | 59 min |
| Feb 7, 10:29 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke | 46 min |
| Feb 7, 10:47 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Mobile | 28 min |
| Feb 7, 10:57 AM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 33 min | |
| Feb 7, 11:17 AM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Clarke, Washington | 43 min |
| Feb 7, 11:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Clarke, Monroe, Washington, Wilcox | 42 min |
| Feb 7, 12:06 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Escambia | 39 min |
| Feb 7, 12:12 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh, Monroe | 33 min |
| Feb 7, 12:34 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 41 min | |
| Feb 7, 12:42 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Feb 7, 12:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Crenshaw | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 1:00 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 30 min |
| Feb 7, 1:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 39 min |
| Feb 7, 1:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Mobile | 49 min |
| Feb 7, 1:21 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Mobile | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 1:27 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Baldwin | 48 min |
| Feb 7, 1:44 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 46 min | |
| Feb 7, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 44 min |
| Feb 7, 1:49 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 56 min | |
| Feb 7, 1:52 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 38 min |
| Feb 7, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 58 min |
| Feb 7, 2:20 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Butler, Conecuh, Crenshaw | 40 min |
| Feb 7, 2:26 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington, Escambia | 49 min |
| Feb 7, 2:30 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 45 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:32 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 58 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:33 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 42 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:45 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 60 min | |
| Feb 7, 2:49 PM CST | Small Craft Advisory | MOB | 9 hr | |
| Feb 7, 2:57 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 3 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 62 min |
| Feb 7, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 59 min |
| Feb 7, 3:10 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Covington | 35 min |
| Feb 7, 3:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 7, 3:27 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min | |
| Feb 7, 3:40 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 7, 3:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin, Mobile | 46 min |
| Feb 7, 4:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Baldwin | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 4:14 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 61 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:25 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 65 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:48 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 27 min | |
| Feb 7, 4:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Wilcox | 41 min |
| Feb 7, 5:02 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Conecuh | 43 min |
| Feb 7, 5:12 PM CST | Special Marine Warning | MOB | 63 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.